| cat herder 2005-04-13, 4:43 pm |
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I meant that putting them in jail keeps them from
committing the crimes while they are there, It
obviously wasn't clear and also so apparent that
it probably wasn't worth mentioning.
"Tom" <dantoXSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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: "cat herder" <goodidea1950SPAM-SPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: > "Tom" <dantoXSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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: > : Do you believe that putting people in jail will keep them from
: committing
: > : these crimes?
: >
: > Yes. Don't you?
:
: No, I do not. People who commit crimes are not demotivated by the
prospect
: of negative consequences, such as prison. Indeed, most criminals didn't
: consider the possibility of getting caught and punished at all. When you
do
: punish them by sending them to prison, they don't seem to be especially
: demotivated either.
:
: According to the US Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, half of
: all sexual offenders are re-incarcerated for a similar crime in a little
: over two years. For other crimes the recidivism rate is even worse.
Prison
: does not cure people of criminal behavior.
:
: > : Forgiveness is the real miracle of that religion. And it's a
: > : very hard one to understand.
: >
: > I belive that forgiveness is a miracle. But part of being forgiven
: > as opposed to forgiving is repentance and doing the best one
: > can to repair the damage done.
:
: The miracle of forgiveness in Christian thought involves both forgiving
and
: being forgiven. The sinner and the sinned against have their own ways of
: avoiding forgiveness.
:
: > Someone who has truly repented and repaired the damage, as
: > much as possible deserves forgiveness.... I guess no one
: > deserves grace but is granted forgiveness through grace, but
: > that does not change the need for the protection of the
: > children from monsters who may or may not have been
: > created by the same acts perpetrated
: > upon them when they were not protected.
:
: We cannot protect everyone from the mere possibility of harm. No religion
: has a miracle for that.
:
: It's a very difficult problem, weighing the protection of the innocent
: against the hope of redemption for the wicked. People err on both sides,
it
: seems. I certainly don't claim to have the answer.
:
: > I bothers me that Jeffrey Dahmers was
: > found sane and murdered in prison. He was insane and
: > incapable of controlling his own behavior, imo, but the
: > public had to be protected from him.
:
: Lots of people with profound mental illnesses are judged sane and sent to
: prison. Sanity has little to do with mental illness, actually.
:
: > I am grateful for your thoughtful post.
:
: You're welcome. Any time.
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